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Wilkins Villanueva itinalagang bagong pinuno ng PDEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 08:45 PM

Itinalaga na bilang bagong hepe ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency si Wilkins Villanueva. Read more »

Top drug-buster Aquino moved to Clark Airport

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 10:56 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director-general Aaron Aquino to the Clark International Airport Corporation Board of Directors, Malacañang said Wednesday. Read more »

Former PDEA chief to get new assignment: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 11:53 AM

MANILA - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday said outgoing chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Aaron Aquino was not fired but will be transferred to a new post. Read more »

Wilkins Villanueva is new PDEA chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 11:45 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) North Mindanao director Wilkins Villanueva as new director-general of the anti-narcotics agency. Read more »

PDEA: Robredo data on drug war 'failure' based on 'wild assumption'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 08:07 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo used data anchored on "wild assumption" when she dubbed the government's anti-narcotics drive as a "massive failure," the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said Tuesday.  Read more »

PDEA chief denies asking Robredo to stay as drug war co-chair

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Posted at Dec 16 03:45 PM

The head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday denied asking Vice President Leni Robredo to stay with the inter-agency committee against illegal drugs (ICAD). Read more »

'Huwag mo kaming iiwan': VP Leni says PDEA chief urged her to stay as drug war co-chair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:39 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Aaron Aquino asked her to stay as co-chair of government's anti-narcotics campaign days before her sacking. Read more »

PDEA chief says better off leading drug war without Robredo, cites gap in posts

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 01:06 PM

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Aaron Aquino said Thursday he is better off leading the government’s narcotics crackdown without Vice President Leni Robredo at his side. Read more »

PDEA chief urges Robredo to report drug war findings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 03:29 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo should reveal her findings on the government's narcotics crackdown to help improve the drug war, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino said Tuesday. Read more »

'Hindi talaga sinsero': Reactions to VP Robredo firing as ICAD co-chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 11:13 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to fire Vice President Leni Robredo from her post as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs earned several reactions from both critics and supporters of the administration.  Read more »

Kahalagahan ng rehabilitasyon sa ex-drug addicts binigyang-diin nina Robredo, Aquino

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Posted at Nov 21 08:02 PM

Nagkaisa sina Vice President Leni Robredo at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino sa kahalagahan ng rehabilitasyon ng mga nalulong sa droga. Read more »

Robredo battles 'condescension, mansplaining' as new anti-drug chief

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 04:53 PM

Past the halfway mark of her 6-year term, the vice president is taking a lead role in a campaign known both for its brutality and machismo. Read more »

Embattled Robredo insists on rehabilitation as alternative to bloody drug war

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 04:40 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo, who has yet to gain the trust of her appointing authority President Rodrigo Duterte, has insisted on the rehabilitation route in combating the country's drug menace.  Read more »

Robredo drug war shows why it will take village to solve drug menace

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 09:22 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo, the Philippines’ new anti-drug chief, illustrated how the drug problem can affect a community, and why it will take a village to solve it. Read more »

Robredo, binantaang sisibakin sa ICAD kapag nagbulgar ng 'sikreto': Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 07:29 PM

Nagpaalala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte matapos ang pakikipagpulong ni Robredo sa United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at mga opisyal ng Amerika. Read more »

Robredo says up to Duterte to deal with uncooperative anti-drug war agencies

Angel Movido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 04:05 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday it was up to President Rodrigo Duterte to deal with uncooperative agencies under the inter-agency committee on anti-illegal drugs (ICAD). Read more »

Denied access to ‘narcolist’, Robredo aware of PDEA ‘mistrust’, but VP to adjust

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Updated as of Nov 16 07:21 PM

Robredo shrugged off PDEA head Aaron Aquino's hesitance to give her a list of the top drug suspects in the country, saying she's used to working with "many limitations." Read more »

Robredo seeks end to senseless drug war killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 12:43 AM

But Robredo's co-chair, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino doesn't see any need yet for changes in the government's war on drugs. Read more »

PDEA chief dares Robredo to join anti-drug operations

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:29 PM

Aquino, a retired police general, said joining operations, beginning with the planning stage, would give the Vice President the opportunity to call out lapses by law enforcers. Read more »

Robredo meets with ICAD

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 07:55 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo meets with the members of the Inter Agency Committee on Anti Drugs (ICAD) headed by PDEA Chief Aaron Aquino and DILG Secrerary Ano in Quezon City at the Office of the Vice President on Friday.  Read more »